Friday, July 17, 2015

gvSIG CE
and Survey2GIS joined this year's OSGeo-Park at AGIT 2015 where many interested
visitors
dipped into the latest trends in free and open source GIS
software
(FOSSGIS). Coming
from
all backgrounds people highly appreciated the friendly
co-presenting of FOSSGIS-projects as well as participating in workshops. The Survey2GIS hands-on introduction attracted a good number of interested people despite some impressive outdoor UAV demonstration.Using free and open source software including Survey2GIS and gvSIG CE in archaeological excavation activities and heritage conservation has been a well regarded topic at the special forum "Archäologie und GIS".

The
Open
Source Day at the Expo Forum on Friday yielded lively and
fruitful
discussions among FOSSGIS experts from all projects and
users of all stripes.

Still,
future
efforts have to be made in disseminating the benefits of
FOSSGIS in general besides promoting individual projects. The best place to do so is next year's co-conference of FOSSGIS and AGIT in Salzburg. See
you there!